Horse-collar attachment



(No Model.)

C.P.NEER. HORSE COLLAR ATTACHMENT.

No. 544,628. Patented Aug. 13,1895.

UNITED 1i STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F.NEE R,'OF MEcHAN Ios URe',AssIeNoa OF ONE-HALF TO ALONZO W. NEER, OF CATAWBA, OHIO.

HORSE-COLLARATTACHMENT."

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 544,628, dated August 13,1895.

' Application filed September 29,1894. Serial No. 524,462. (Nomodeh) To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, GHARLEs F. NEER, acitizen of the United States, residing at Mechanicsburg, in the countyof Ohampaign and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful I mprovements in Horse-Collar Attachments, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in collar attachments for breast-straps or neck-yokes; and the object of my invention is to do away with the old hame-rings and hams-chains, to which latter the breast-chains or neck-yokes are connected. In the use of such hame rings and chains a side jerk of the tongue exerts a greater strain on one ring than on the other and causes the collar to shift laterally on the top or back of the neck, which constant shifting, it is well known, causes sores to form on the back of the neck. With my device the attachment is made to the center of the collar at its lower end, so that the strains are cen-,

tral, and then my device easily swings laterally without materially changing its position on the collar.

Another object of my invention is to provide for fastening the choke-strap at a lower point relatively to the ground than to the lower end of the collar, as heretofore, so that the breast-chains or neck-yoke will be held down better and the tongue prevented from rising so high between the horses in backing and going downhill.

Still another object of my invention is to provide such a snap-hook that the breast- :chain or neck-yoke ring may be readily snapped into the hook without taking hold of the hook, so as to use but one hand, and also to so construct the snap-hook that such a chain or ring may be disengaged from it with the use of only one hand applied to the springtongue, all of which peculiarities will be hereinafter more fully pointedout and the means of carrying them into practice he described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, on which like reference-letters indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 represents a front view of my improved collar attachment, showing a porend to any extent.

tion of the collar in dotted lines; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the attachment and a'portion of a collar-shown in section by'dotted lines; and E ig:3,a detail sectional view of the hook, showwith its resulting galling and chafing, is prevented. The letter B designates a stout loop or band of leather or other suitable material, leather being preferred, which is hung upon such lower portion of the collar. When the tongue jerks to one side, this loop or band will tip or slightly roll where it hangs on the collar, yet without shifting sidewise at its upper ciently when the pole jerks to one side, yet without materially changing the line of strain on the collar to one side of the center. The ends of the loop or band are preferably overlapped, as shown, after being first passed This freedom allows thelower end of the snap-hook to move sufilthrough a frame 0, of metal, say brass. A bar D is -placed beneath the under lap of the strap and provided with threaded openings. The upper bar of the frameO is bored and countersunk, and the screws F are projected through this bar, the overlapped ends of the strap, and into the clamping-bar D. Thus a strong joint is made, which performs the two offices of securing the ends of the strap and also at the same time securing the frame 0 to the loop. The frame 0 is provided with a chokestrap bar G, to which theforward end of the choke-strap H is applied, as suggested by the dotted lines, the other end of the strap run ning to the belly-band and being there held as usual. strap is connected to this collar attachment at a considerable distance below the usual place on the hames where the rings are fastened-about a foot in practice. By this arran gement the breast-chains or neck-yoke, as

Thus it will be seen that the choke- ICO the case may be, is held down at a point much below the usual hame-rings, and to this extent the pole is kept from rising sohigh in going down hills and in backing.

The lower part of the frame 0 is extended in the form of a stout bar J, terminating in a hook K, making a part of the snap-hook. The bar J is widened, as seen at L, and is provided with a recess M, open at the front side to receive a spring 0. This bar is also slotted, as seen at P. Fitted to this slot and pivoted at Q is a tongue R, against the back of which the spring 0 acts to keep the tongue constantly closed. The tongue has an inclined projection S at such an angle that the chainring or neck-yoke ring will force the tongue back by the act of snapping it into the hook, so that but one hand may be used in making the connection. Again, that part of the tongue that projects from the lower part J is considerably enlarged, so that it may be taken hold of by the hand, even with a thick glove on the hand, as in cold weather. Then by drawing the tongue-hook to one side and upward, the

projection S withdrawing from the hook K at the same time, the chain or neck-yoke ring is readily dropped out. Thus but one hand need be used in attaching and detaching the chain .or neck-yoke ring to and from this hook.

Having thus fully described my invention,

.what I claim as new, and desire to secure by CHARLES F. NEER. Witnesses:

W. M. MONAIR, JAS. O. DAVVLEY, Jr. 

